Usha di, Thanks for pointing out the difference. I will remember in future. Hope someone can id this for me. Regards, Aarti
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:04 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > AARTI: > > Euphorbia and cacti are two different animals... ([?]) > > they arise in different continents > they either have ( euphorbia) or not have (cacti) milky sap... > ( that sap is often pro-inflammaotory or downright deadly)... > > the thorns are not truly arising out of a specific organ on the skin of > the green bark... > often its an appendage to leaf... as in this plant you have > > in cacti they are specific areas called areoles on the skin of the cacti > that give rise to the thorns ... > and I personally would like to think that the cacti thorns are very > symmetrically arranged , even invoking the sunflower mathematical model of > design... related to the sacred geometry... > > euphorbias that I have ... can have symmetrically placed thorns but no > real mathematical modelling that I have seen... > > most important is the sap... > the sap in some euphorbias have been used in AYURVEDIC medicine as source > of strong alkali capable of cutting thru (slowly albeit) scarred walls of > abscess etc... > > Your euphorbia seems to be .... I wish I knew > > Hopefully somebody would > I typed tis thrre days ago ... saved it in draft hoping someone would over > the week end... but... may be they are busy with diwqali prepn... > > Usha di > = > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A cactus seen on 26/1/2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. >> Height was about 6-8 feet. >> It was really amazing to see a Sunbird make a nest in the prickles. >> Id please. >> Aarti >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
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